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Reading for your degree

Reading for your degree. LDU – LearnHigher CETL and LDHEN www.learnhigher.ac.uk www.londonmet.ac.uk/ldu. What ’ s going on. Why look at reading? Students are not reading Students are not critical Students do not see the point …. Why some don ’ t read. Studying seen as part time

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Reading for your degree

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  1. Reading for your degree LDU – LearnHigher CETL and LDHEN www.learnhigher.ac.uk www.londonmet.ac.uk/ldu

  2. What’s going on Why look at reading? • Students are not reading • Students are not critical • Students do not see the point…

  3. Why some don’t read • Studying seen as part time • Reading less in the ‘real world’ • Sheer amount of information… • More reading expected of students with less time • Subjects seen as vocational rather than academic

  4. What’s it for? • Reading is thinking • Reading = access to ideas & knowledge claims • Reading is learning • Reading = answering the question!

  5. What do these mean? • Have you seen these – do you understand them? • Independent learner • Reading list • Read around the subject • Read and make notes

  6. Activity Brainstorm: • Why do we read? • How do we know what to read? • How can we read effectively? • How much should we read?

  7. Reading strategy Use the SQR3 system: • S- Survey what you are reading (read intros & outros): what is it about? • Q – Question – why am I reading this now? Which bit of my assignment will it help me with? • R – read actively and interactively – marking up the text • R – re-read your annotations and make notes • R – review you notes and set new goals.

  8. Active, interactive & critical reading Active reading - for EACH significant section ask: • What is this paragraph about? • Where is the writer coming from? • Who would agree/disagree with this position? • What is the argument? Who would dis/agree? • What is the evidence? Is it valid? How do I know? Tips: Annotate – make key word notes - make index cards of all sources – re-cycle reading

  9. Writing questions: Use the same questions to structure your writing: • What is this paragraph about? • What exactly is that? • What is your argument? (Tell me more) • What is the evidence (for & against)? • What does it mean? • How does this relate back to the question as a whole?

  10. Reading tricks Read and come up with: • Three words that describe how it made you feel • A bare bones summary (25 words) • A visual summary • An object that represents something from the text • One question that you would ask the author • A one minute presentation on the topic

  11. Research • For a literature review on the topic of academic reading please go to: http://litreview.pbwiki.com/

  12. Review • List three things that you have taken from this session • Discuss with your partner • Now make a note of something that you are now going to do to improve your reading.

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